Legal Professionals

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of other professional legal occupations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 20,841
£ 32,649
£ 57,532

Available jobs

In the past year there were 65,381 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Represents public and private organisations in court as necessary.

  • Collates information, drafts briefs and other documents, interviews and advises clients and undertakes preparatory work for cases.

  • Advises on, drafts documents for and assists in all aspects of property conveyancing.

  • Advises employers, local and national government and other organisations on aspects of law and legislative implications of decisions made.

  • Drafts and negotiates contracts on behalf of employers.

  • Provides legal advice to individuals within Citizens Advice, Law Centres and other such establishments.

  • Co-ordinates the activities of magistrates courts and advises magistrates on law and legal procedure.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Booking (Sales)

  • Marketing

  • Administrative Support

  • Lawsuits

  • Conveyancing

  • Business Development

  • Arbitration

  • Property Management

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Sales

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Administrative Functions

  • Organizational Skills

  • Filing

  • Professionalism

  • Self-Motivation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.